The first wave of beta invitations have been sent out to lucky participants! To those still interested, you can opt in for the Starcraft II beta at http://www.battle.net and hope to be chosen in future waves. No word yet as to how many waves will be selected or how long the beta will last. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is expected by July 2010.

The current minimum requirements are as follows:

• Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1/Windows 7
• 2.2 Ghz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
• 1 GB system RAM/1.5 GB for Vista and Windows 7
• 128 MB NVidia GeForce 6600 GT/ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card
• 1024×768 minimum display resolution
• 4 GB free hard space (Beta)
• Broadband connection